Places

Date: [1960s-1970s]

From: Quinn, Joseph, d 1998: Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring, L A Inkster, and Joseph Quinn

Reference: PAColl-9543-19

Description: Photographs of West Coast scenes. Includes historical parade ca 1960s, building of fountain ca 1960, Strongman mine, grave stone of L A Inkster, and young man in wheelchair being given flight in light aircraft. Photographs taken 1960s-1970s by L A Inkster studio. Quantity: 83 b&w original photographic print(s). 17 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1914

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-q-914

Description: Opens with a group of men on a tramp into the valley of the Orongorongo River in the southern Rimutaka Ranges. Included are views of the river and surrounding mountains, in particular Mount Matthews which they climbed posing for a photograph at the Mt Matthews trig station. There are views in the native forest and one looking over the Wainuiomata Valley. One image shows a group of men standing on the Fernside Railway Station labled as the "Mt Hector Party". This probably relates to a group of photographs later in the album recording a tramp in the Taraua Ranges. A group of five photographs records a trip to the Dawson Falls on Mount Egmont. There are views of the road leading to the falls through native forest, the group sitting on a huge rock below the falls, and the falls themselves. The other images in this group show the party on the Mountain, and loaded onto a cart at Eltham. Two pages of views of Days Bay, Lower Hutt, showing individual houses, Croyden School, and coastal scenes. A surveying trip to Kapiti Island. Views of the western cliff face of the island, the caretaker's house and surroundings, a tame deer, nautilus shells, and H E Girdlestone standing beside an 8 inch micrometer on a tripod. Views of the Volcanic Plateau showing Mounts Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro and the surrounding plains. The departure of the Main Expeditionary Force from Wellington during the First World War. The focus of these images is on the transports moored at the wharves, and the two escorting warships, the Japanese "Ibuki" and the British H M S "Minotaur", in the harbour. A group of women playing golf on the Waiwhetu golf links Family and friends at Eastbourne. Trip to the West Coast and the glaciers. Views of the main road south of Ross passing through heavy native forest, the Franz Josef Glacier and people climbing its ice fields, Mount Tasman, the Toaroha Rapids, and the Fox Glacier. There are also views of the Pelorus River and Bridge, the Buller Gorge, the Buller River, and the bridge on the road between Lyell and Inangahua. A general view of Greymouth where the party stayed with friends whoes two children were photographed driving peddle cars. A southern crossing of the Tararua Ranges. The route was by way of Mount Reeves, then down into the Tauherenikau River valley, along the river, then up to Mount Alpha and along the ridges to Hector and out again along the Waiotauru River to Otaki Forks. There are two photographs of members of the tramping party, as well as general views of the ranges, the rivers, a mountain tarn, and the Waihoanga Bridge. A visit to the Army training camp at Trentham. Photographs of individual soldiers and groups of soldiers and visitors. Three views of a man on horseback and a dog in the Manganuiateo River. Three images of surveyors making observations at a trig station using an 8 inch micrometer. Views of the Southern Alps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1927

Reference: PA-Group-00431

Description: Views of the 1927 Royal Tour of New Zealand by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Includes displays viewed and events attended by the royal couple, as well as travelling between towns by car and train. Places visited include: the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Wigram airport, Canterbury University, the view over Lyall Bay from Truby King's house, Dunedin war memorial and the war memorial at Waitaki Boys' High School, Government House in Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048049 to 048258, 049253 to 049455, 1/2-175202 to 175220 Quantity: 386 b&w original negative(s) glass. 27 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2002. Reference number changed from PAColl-6909 to PA-Group-00431 in 2009.

Date: 1924-1937

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes

Reference: PA1-q-769

Description: Opens with views of the site of the Arapuni Hydro scheme and the Paturuahine Gorge which was flooded to form Lake Arapuni. This is followed by images of the repairs to the one of the water channels that took place in 1932. The rest are photographs of the dam at various stages of construction, the dam completed, views of the new lake, water flowing over the spillway, and the Arapuni falls created below the dam Two views of Atiamuri show the Pohaturoa Rock in the background Ten images of Stewart's Claim, a location south of Okarito, show scenic views some with gold dredging equipment lying around, a beach and a river estuary on which is a barge loaded with pipes. Eight images record before and after effects of controlled blasting on a limestone bluff at Cobden Quarry, Greymouth, photographed on the 15th of January, 1932 The last section are views of the construction of the Waitaki Hydro, and the new Lake Waitaki. There are also several images of the Mokau Falls at Waikaremoana Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1936 - 1937

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton McKay & Haughton (Firm)

Reference: Plans-92-1057/1059

Description: Shows ceiling plan, block plan with surrounding streets marked (Commerce Street, Railway Street, Quay Street); first floor plan, elevations, sections, details of rebated sill and window. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on tracing paper, and ink drawing on dressed linen, sizes varying

Date: 1924

From: Panoramic photographs of New Zealand taken by R P Moore

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-118

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: August 1959, August 1960, 1962

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7417

Description: Transparencies of Lake Mapourika, 1962; Little Waitaha, August 1959; and aerial views of Greymouth, August 1960, taken by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 1970 - 1985

By: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014

Reference: Eph-D-MOTOR-SERVICES-1970s-01

Description: Arrangement of text. Two copies held. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Grey Star Print Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 560 x 450 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dr Les Cleveland in 1997.

Date: [Between 1933 and 1945]

From: Paddy, Laurence George Malvern, 1906?-1971: Photographs relating to the Lauri Paddi Band

Reference: PA1-q-182

Description: Photographs relating to the dance band scene in New Zealand in the 1930s and 1940s, largely associated with Lauri Paddi (aka Laurence George Malvern Paddy] and various bands. Many of the images are signed by musicians in the bands, not all the signatures being legible. Names have been listed where possible. Musicians with signatures Ian H Pitcaithly, W O Pritchard, and Jeffrey Madden, are probably the same as musicians listed on a poster for the Auckland Peter Pan Orchestra (Nin Pitcaithly, Billy Pritchardt, and Johnny Madden). One series of photographs shows musicians performing with Lauri Paddi going on tour in the South Island, including two views taken from a car, following a train on the road/rail Rakaia Bridge. The stage show 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' was performed at the Paramount Theatre, Wellington, in 1944. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with light brown mottled pattern, entitled `Photographs'; 25.5 x 31.5 cm

Date: [Between 1900 and 1911]

From: Miller, E D N :Photographs by Isaac Jeffares, and of family

Reference: PA1-o-246

Description: Album of photographs taken by Isaac H B Jeffares, given to Miss W Ashley (Winifred Ashley, later Jeffares' wife). Most of the photographs are scenic, taken chiefly in the West Coast region; with two views of Wellington. Inscriptions: Album page - centre - `To Miss W. Ashley ... [9?]/6/11. I.H.B. Jeffares' (Inscription very indistinct, written in black ink on black paper) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, entitled `Photograph[ic?] souvenirs; 15.5 x 18.5 cm

Date: 1930s-1950s

From: Quinn, Joseph, d 1998: Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring, L A Inkster, and Joseph Quinn

Reference: PAColl-9543-01

Description: Greymouth buildings, scenes and personalities. Photographs taken 1930s-1950s, mostly by Inkster studio, but other photographers included. Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca1900-1956

By: Bailey, Colin Lennie, 1906-1997; Bailey, Sue, active 1998

Reference: PAColl-6025

Description: Views of Westport, Denniston, Blackball, Ngakawau, Millerton, Inangahua Junction, Seddonville, Dunedin, Gore, Milford Sound, Greymouth and Taupo Quantity: 10 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 12 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. Provenance: The late Professor C L Bailey, from the VUW Department of Education, collected photographs and other items relating to New Zealand history from members of the public.

Date: 1999

By: West Coast Regional Council; Carnegie Library (Greymouth, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-LOCAL-Greymouth-1999

Description: Includes: Greymouth Junior High School leaflet 9-12 August 1999; Greymouth High School community classes leaflet term 2, 1999; Creating opportunities - an advertorial of Karoro Learning 1999; St Patrick's Parish Greymouth. Thanksgiving 1999; Increase in Greymouth floodwall rate / West Coast Regional Council July 1999; Who is TrustPower and why do people want to buy from us? Quantity: 6 pamphlets and newsletters. Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying

Date: 1937

From: Quinn, Joseph, d 1998: Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring, L A Inkster, and Joseph Quinn

Reference: PAColl-9543-10

Description: Rugby match between touring South African side (Springboks) and combined West Coast side. Photograph taken 1937, probably at Greymouth, by L A Inkster. Quantity: 34 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1908-1926]

From: Staffan family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1669

Description: Includes - Sons of the Inkster-Hill family. Wedding of Florence Barbara Inkster and Peter Wilson, Westport, 22 December 1908. Coastal views. Views of Greymouth. Family groups, children, people in bathing costume. Views of Wanganui. Louise and Charles Staffan. Harry Hill and a young woman with a pram outside "Charles Staffan's School of Music," Wellington. Lawrence Staffan as a toddler, ca 1926. Louise and Charles Staffan with Lawrence Inkster and his wife Hilda. Views of Wellington. War memorials. Lawrence Inkster at the door of his photograph supplies shop, Greymouth. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Staffan and Inkster papers came to Lawrence Staffan from his family; after his death they came to Jan Staffan

Date: [ca 1940s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-003

Description: Photographs of Stewart Island, Westland, Southland and Nelson taken circa 1940s for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of road construction, towns, rivers, bridges, lakes, mountains and personalities. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 9 January 1947

From: Quinn, Joseph, d 1998: Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring, L A Inkster, and Joseph Quinn

Reference: 1/2-180300-F

Description: Conservation number 821. Information from original envelope. Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate film negative 3.25 x 4.5 inches

Date: [ca 1960]-1972

By: Thorn, Benji, active 2005

Reference: PAColl-8161

Description: Photographs taken on holiday trips in the South Island. Cities and towns include Picton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Tarras, and Queenstown. Many houses and public buildings have been recorded. There are views of the sounds, beaches, countryside, lakes, and people. One of the sequences records a tramp on the Heaphy Track in 1968. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 377 colour original transparency/ies 35mm colour slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm Provenance: These slides are part of a collection purchased by a friend of the donor at an estate auction in Lower Hutt in 1998. All that the donor knew was that the photographer was a woman. He received the slides from his friend.

Date: 1933

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Atkins & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-066-027/028

Description: Includes floor plans, elevations and sections for a weatherboard house, with details of the elevation of the bay window, fireplace and bookshelf fittings, toy cupboard and pantry. Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on tracing paper, 540 x 740 mm.

Date: 1968

From: Thorn, Benji, fl 2005 :Colour slides taken on holidays in the South Island

Reference: PA12-3434

Description: Unidentified view of road through forested hill country and along a coast; view of Greymouth; the youth hostel, city buildings, and streets, Christchurch; views of Nelson. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1968. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm